Job opportunity/advice regarding 14 year old boy

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Just want to help a friend of mine who's the mother of a boy that doesn't want to go to school anymore. He's almost 14 years old and the legal age to start working is 15. Are there any job opportunties? Other suggestions would be also be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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Thailand is extremely status-conscious. Most jobs, which fall under formal employment, specify a minimum education level, typically Bachelor's degree or M.6 or vocational qualifications such as Por Wor Sor. Therefore this lad will effectively be closing off any employment in the formal sector.

So, he is looking at a career as a self-employed person. Trading or selling would be the best way for him to be making any money in 15 years' time.

Of course it all depends on his aptitude. If he is bone idle, he will not succeed in anything no matter what wonderful advice he receives. All time between 15 and 25 to 30, should be spent focusing on skills which will carry the person through to retirement.

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It looks like a question from someone who is projecting Western norms on to a very different type of society. Why do I say that?

1. No-one here gives a shit about the law. If a 14-year-old works, nobody cares. This is not the West.

2. The job market here is much more limited in terms of progression than in the West. It is much harder to work your way up from the bottom here unless you are self-employed.

3. The income inequality and wealth distribution is one of the highest in the world. Both points 2 and 3 mean that you don't have many low-educated, manual workers here that own a house, 2 cars and have disposable income as you meet routinely in the West.